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Passengers boarding Capital Airlines Plane

1948/1955

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Passengers boarding Capital Airlines Plane
  • Title
  • Passengers boarding Capital Airlines Plane
  • Creator
  • Arthur Thomas Spohn
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F03.I08
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F03.I08
  • Description
  • Capital Airlines was originally known as Pennsylvania Airlines in 1931 and was run by Clifford Ball. Pennsylvania Airlines merged with Central Airlines on November 1, 1936, to become Pennsylvania Central Airlines. On April 21, 1948, Pennsylvania Central Airlines changed its name to Capital Airlines. Capital Airlines was the first airline to introduce a new low fare ‘coach’ service called ‘Nighthawk’ on November 4, 1948. Capital Airlines merged into United Airlines on June 1, 1961. Pictured is a Douglas DC-4/C-54 airplane. It had a capacity of 48 passengers, a flight crew of 2, a maximum cruising speed of 239 miles per hour, and a maximum range of 3,900 miles.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Airports--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
    Capital Airlines, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Airplanes--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
    Douglas Transport Planes.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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